Bolton Busted? Former Trump Adviser Had Secret Docs at Home

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Richard C. Young
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White House National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton talks to reporters Wednesday, May 1, 2019, outside the West Wing entrance of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)

Novi Zhukovsky of The New York Sun reports that the former National Security Advisor to President Trump was found by the FBI to have secret documents in his office. Zhukovsky writes:

Federal investigators discovered multiple documents marked “secret,” “confidential,” and “classified” during a search last month of the office of a former national security advisor, John Bolton, according to newly released court filings.

The documents include materials that reference weapons of mass destruction, diplomatic travel memos, records from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and other sensitive government materials, according to an inventory of items filed in federal court.

The discovery raises the possibility of criminal charges against Mr. Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser who departed the White House abruptly in September 2019 amid escalating policy disagreements with the president.

Federal agents searched Mr. Bolton’s downtown Washington, D.C., office on August 22 as part of an investigation into whether he unlawfully removed and retained classified documents, according to search warrants filed in federal court. That same morning, agents also searched Mr. Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland, residence, though no classified documents were found there.

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